Caracterul filosofic al psihologiei adleriene

Alfred Adler believed that the roots of psychology lie in philosophical thinking. The construction of individual psychology as a theory of personality, psychopathology and as a psychotherapeutic method was inspired not only by empirical aspects, but also by fundamental philosophical questions about human nature, knowledge, existence, value, purpose. Based on this framework, the article carries out an analysis of the concepts and principles of individual psychology that have the philosophical ideas of Immanuel Kant, Hans Vaihinger and Friedrich Nietzsche as their scientific basis. This analysis enhances understanding the role and heuristic valences that concepts such as “reason”, “common sense”, “fiction”, “will to power” acquire in human knowledge. Theoretically and methodologically inspired by philosophical thinking, Adler makes an important theoretical and practical contribution to the approach to man as a whole, highlighting his individuality and universality as part of humanity.